Auction Catalogue

13 March 2024

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 185

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13 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Private R. S. Armour, Royal Army Medical Corps

1914-15 Star (288 Pte, R.S. Armour. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves [not entitled] (288 Pte. R. S. Armour. R.A.M.C.), mounted for wear alongside a ‘self-awarded’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (288 Stf./Sgt. R. S. Armour. R.A.M.C.) renamed; together with the related miniature awards, again with D.C.M. and M.I.D., and the 1914-15 Star with a Special Constabulary ‘The Great War 1914-18’ slide clasp, very fine (4) £100-£140

Robert Sinclair Armour, a native of Glasgow, was born around 1894. He attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1914 for service during the Great War and served in the Balkans theatre from 21 June 1915. He was discharged on 26 April 1919.

Sold with copied research.

Note: No trace has been found of either a D.C.M. or a M.I.D. being awarded to this recipient.